Events from the year 1698 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents Monarch – William II Secretary of State – John Murray, Earl of Tullibardine (until 31 March 1698), jointly with James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield
Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart Solicitor General for Scotland – Sir Patrick Hume
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – vacant?? until 17 March, then Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston
Events Famine in the Borders leads to continued Scottish Presbyterian migration from Scotland to Ulster. 14 July – first expedition sets sail as part of the Darien scheme. November – colony of New Caledonia established on the Isthmus of Panama.
Births February – Colin Maclaurin, mathematician (died 1746) 11 July – George Turnbull, philosopher, theologian, teacher and writer (died 1748) date unknown Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, Gaelic poet (died 1770) Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, landowner, Privy Counsellor and Vice Admiral of Scotland (died 1778) John Gow, pirate (executed in London 1725)
Deaths John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes, Army officer (died 1767)
See also Timeline of Scottish history
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